More Spooky Windows

more Halloween ideas seen in the West Village; illuminated pumpkin bags with cobwebs and costumes for animals in one, birds and crates - signs of fall - in another and mannequin parts in the third (a fun take on a spooky idea).

They all play off the season and the holiday in their own way and cause one to stop and take a second look.
Which is the job of good windows.

Skulls are Us

or so it seems!

Skulls have already been a design motif for a number of years now but with Halloween upon us, they have been out in full force as a decorative object.

At Marc Jacobs they filled a window as if the crypt had been emptied and at Black Fleece they appeared with masks (a little Mardi Gras meets Halloween but...) painted silver to add a little sparkle. Where else have you seen them?

I smell a rat!

There was a LIVE rat dancing on a wheel in the window of the Little Marc Jacobs store yesterday on Bleeker Street. He was lively and animated and made people stop and take note. Its fashion week here in NYC and maybe the rat was trying to tell us something. Don't know what but he WAS a show stopper.